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When Bill Nighy was a young actor at the National Theatre in London, older gay cast members would talk to him about the country's harsh policies, which forced them to stay in the closet. Being gay, recalled the rangy 64-year-old British actor, "just stopped being an imprisonable offense in my lifetime. They could get seven years for any public display of affection. One of the things I don't understand is why [the government] should feel they should get involved in anybody else's sex life." Even when the fear of imprisonment ended, the discrimination didn't. "It was only 30 years ago that a national newspaper in England could describe the gay...

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In "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," the low-budget movie from Fox Searchlight Pictures and Participant Media, seven middle-class British retirees decide to "outsource" their retirement to India. A gallery exhibit shows exotic location shots from the movie.